12/10/13 Unnamed 7309 #5

View of Unnamed 7309 on the way up

On the 10th of December I drove up the Poudre Canyon to climb a peak.  I had been looking at maps of the Greyrock Mountain area and saw there were a lot of ranked peaks nearby.  As it was not really early in the day I decided to go up Unnamed 7309 as it was near the Greyrock Trailhead.

I followed the trail toward Greyrock and at the point it cut into a drainage and then switchbacked out of it I left the trail.  I went up the drainage and climbed to the saddle between Unnamed 7309 and Point 7254.

View of Greyrock Mountain from the summit

As I neared the saddle and headed up toward the peak I entered a recent burn.  This was not too troublesome except that it was quite windy.  This kept me on edge and I watched the trees, ready for any to fall at any moment.  None fell on the way up or down.  When I made it to the top I took in the views of the surrounding peaks.  I thought about how I had been up Greyrock a few times and how it was the only peak I had ever climbed in the area.  My eyes had been opened to all the peaks in the vicinity and I thought about how and when I would climb up many of them.

After snapping some photos I decided to head down as the afternoon was getting late.  I descended back to the saddle and then the trail, carefully watching the dead trees as they swayed in the late fall wind.  Once back on the trail I made my way quickly back down to my car at the trailhead.

Elevation gain:  1750'     Total gain:  8235'